- Open
- Free entry
- Parking on site
- Historic Environment Scotland
Quick answer
Duffus Castle is a castle near Duffus, Moray, managed by Historic Environment Scotland. Entry is free and the site is open at any reasonable time. There is a car park on site, about 15 m from the entrance.
Getting to Duffus Castle and parking
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- Address
- IV30 5RH
- Parking
- Car park on site. Visitor parking about 15 m from the site entrance; cost not stated. About 15 m to the entrance.
- By train
- Elgin is 3.6 miles away.
Dogs, accessibility and facilities
Accessibility
Not step-free- Step-free: no step-free access.
- Paths and surfaces: Older bridge ~180 m round the moat, then paths through long grass; steep, uneven site with a very steep slope up to the castle.
- Accessible toilet: no.
- Changing Places toilet: no.
What to see at Duffus Castle
- 01
Keep
The main fortified tower of the castle.
- 02
Curtain wall
The outer defensive wall around the site.
- 03
Moat
A ditch, wet or dry, around the walls.
History of Duffus Castle
- 1130 Uprising by the men of Moray against David I; Freskin later sent north and builds an earth-and-timber castle.
- c.1270 Passes to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, probable builder of the stone keep and curtain wall.
- 1305 Edward I grants 200 oaks from royal forests, probably for floors and roofs.
- 1350 By now passed by marriage to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland.
- 1689 Viscount Dundee dines here before Killiecrankie.
- 1705 Abandoned as a decaying ruin.
Photos
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Is there a café at Duffus Castle?
There is no café listed on site.
Sources
- Page on api.postcodes.io
- Page on historicenvironment.scot
- Page on historicenvironment.scot
- Page on portal.historicenvironment.scot
- Page on historicenvironment.scot
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